00:13:08 0 |
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 1956. SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH
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00:13:16 7.9 |
CU SIGN "THE FAMOUS MEASURED MILE, NASCAR 1955
RECORDS". CU MANES OF FAMOUS RACE CAR DRIVERS. ALEXANDER WINSTON. W. K. VANDERBILD. BARNEY OLDFIELD. RALPH DE PALMA. TOMMY MILTON WITH SPEEDS THEY REACHED |
00:13:20 11.9 |
NASCAR FLAGGER WITH WEATHERED FACE TALKS TO CHILDREN
DRIVERS SEATED IN THEIR MINIATURE RACING CARS. |
00:13:25 17.9 |
1950s SPECTATORS OLD LADIES SENIOR CITIZENS AT THE
BEACH |
00:13:27 19.9 |
GIRLS AND BOYS DRIVE MINIATURE RACE CARS AT DAYTONA
BEACH, 1956. PROUD PARENTS LINE RACE ROUTE |
00:13:41 33.9 |
FAMILY WALKS TO THEIR CAR, CARS PARKED ON THE BEACH
SAND |
00:13:47 39.9 |
MONTAGE LICENSE PLATES FROM DIFFERENT STATES.
ALABAMA. MINNESOTA. WISCONSIN. |
00:13:56 48.9 |
FATHER, SON, DAUGHTER GET OUT OF 1950s STATION WAGON.
FAMILY ARRIVING AT DAYTONA BEACH |
00:14:07 58.9 |
CU TEEN BOY WITH BIG EARS CHEWING GUM LOOKS AROUND
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00:14:15 66.9 |
BOY POINTS TO 1950s CARS PARADE ON THE BEACH
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00:14:26 77.9 |
MAN WORKING ON HIS ENGINE FORMER RACING CHAMPION PETE
DEPAOLO TEEN WITH BIG EARS LOOKS ON, HANDS DEPAOLO A TOOL |
00:14:58 110.9 |
PETE DEPAOLO TAKES EAGER TEEN ON A RIDE IN HIS
CONVERTIBLE CAR. BILL FRANCE, PRESIDENT OF NASCAR SHAKES HAND WITH DEPAOLO AND BOY |
00:15:17 128.9 |
TEEN BOY DISCOVERING GIRLS CHECKS OUT GIRL ON THE
BEACH. ACTIVE TEEN HORMONES. GIRL PUTTING SCARF ON. PETE DEPAOLO TURNS TO SEE WHAT BOY IS STARING AT, SMILES. |
00:15:37 148.9 |
PETE DEPAOLO POINTS OUT CHUCK DAIGH GETTING INTO CAR
FOR A RUN ON THE MEASURED MILE. |
00:15:56 168.9 |
CU SIGN "NASCAR SPEED TRIALS STARTING POINT"
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00:15:57 169.9 |
FLAGGER STARTS RUNS. CARS TAKE OFF FROM START MARK.
1950s RACE CARS ON THE FAMOUS MEASURED MILE RUN ON DAYTONA BEACH |
00:16:18 189.9 |
NASCAR OFFICIALS RECORD RACING SPEEDS IN THE TOWER
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00:16:22 193.9 |
CHUCK DAIGH, RACER IN FORD THUNDERBIRD PUTS ON SAFETY
HELMET PULLS UP TO STARTING LINE. FLAGGER WAVES HIM ON. CHUCK DAIGH ON MEASURED MILE RUN. CU 1950s FOURSOME WATCHES. NASCAR TIMERS SIT IN BEACH CHAIRS. OFFICIALS IN THE TOWER RECORD SPEED. CU GOOFY GUY WITH CAP LID UP AND SUNGLASSES CHOMPING ON CHEWING GUM. CHUCK DAIGH CROSSING OVER FINISH LINE. TIME IS 150 MPH |
00:17:09 240.9 |
RACE FANS AROUND CHUCK DAIGH'S CAR CONGRATULATE HIM
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00:17:20 251.9 |
PAN DAYTONA BEACH WITH VEHICLES PARKED FOR NASCAR
SPEED TRIALS. |
00:17:29 260.9 |
WARNING SIGN "USE CAUTION SPEED TRIALS IN PROGRESS
STAY ON HIGH SIDE OF THE BEACH KEEP LEFT" |
00:17:30 261.9 |
DAYTONA BEACH ACCELERATION TESTS, 1956. CARS CLOCKED
FROM A STANDING START. |
00:17:48 279.9 |
CHUCK DAIGH CLIMBS INTO HIS RACE CAR, PUTS ON HELMET,
POV IN DAIGH'S CAR ON ACCELERATION TEST RUN |
00:18:26 317.9 |
GROUP OF 1950s SPECTATORS HEAD TURN FOLLOWING RACE
CAR |
00:18:32 323.9 |
CU LOUD SPEAKERS. CHUCK DAIGH SETS NEW SPEED RECORD
88.7 MPH FROM A STANDING START |
00:18:40 331.9 |
HS DAYTONA BEACH. RAINING. SPECTATORS KEEP DRY AND
WARN WRAPPED IN BLANKETS. |
00:18:49 340.9 |
FLAGGER STARTS RACE. CARS RACE ON WET TRACK. 1950s
STOCK CARS RACE 160 MILES ON WET PAVED TRACK AND ON THE SAND. |
00:19:30 381.9 |
STOCK CAR FLIPPED BACK OVER AFTER A BAD FLIP IN THE
SAND |
00:19:39 390.9 |
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS UNHURT RACE CAR DRIVER
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00:19:45 396.9 |
CAMERA FOLLOWS TIM FLOCK OF ATLANTA ON HIS RUN
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00:19:47 398.9 |
SPECTATORS LINE RACE ROUTE AS RACE CARS RACE BY.
|
00:19:54 405.9 |
STOCK CAR FLIPS OVER AND OVER ON THE BEACH.
SPECTATORS CRANE NECKS TO SEE. |
00:20:09 421.9 |
TIM FLOCK LEADS THE RACE WITH RALPH MOODY IN SECOND
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00:20:12 424.9 |
CU FORMER RACE CAR CHAMPION PETE DEPAOLO WATCHING
RACE NERVOUS MAN PLAYS WITH HIS CHIN |
00:20:27 439.9 |
STOCK CAR REJOINS THE RACE. 1950s SPECTATORS IN
BLEACHERS. TIM FLOCK IN THE LEAD. BILLY MEYERS IS SECOND. RALPH MOODY IN THIRD. |
00:20:49 461.9 |
RACE CARS CROSS FINISH LINE. TIM FLOCK IN FIRST.
RALPH MOODY IN THIRD |
00:20:56 468.9 |
SPECTATORS AT DAYTONA BEACH, 1956
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00:21:01 472.9 |
PETE DEPAOLO CONGRATULATES RALPH MOODY
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00:21:07 478.9 |
STOCK CARS AND PEOPLE MOVING ON DAYTONA BEACH
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00:21:12 484.9 |
SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH
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00:21:18 490.9 |
ORLANDO BEACH TRANSIT COMPANY BUS DRIVES ON THE
BEACH, LETS PASSENGERS OUT. ARRIVING AT DAYTONA BEACH FOR RACES |
00:21:37 509.9 |
LITTLE BOY WEARS CAPTAIN'S CAP AND HOLDS 1950s TOY
CAR |
00:21:41 513.9 |
1950s WOMAN HANDS OVER MONEY TO VENDER SELLING TOY
CARS MONEY CHANGING HANDS |
00:21:46 518.9 |
BLEACHERS FULL OF SPECTATORS
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00:21:49 521.9 |
BANNER "HEINTZELMAN DAYTONA BEACH"
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00:21:49 521.9 |
FIREBALL ROBERTS AND CURTIS TURNER CLIMB INTO RACE
CAR. BUCKLE UP SEAT BELTS. PETE DEPAOLO TALKS WITH DRIVERS |
00:22:18 549.9 |
1956 NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR CONVERTIBLES
|
00:22:28 560.9 |
SHOT OF 5 GIRLS WEARING ROLLED UP BLUE JEANS AND
SIMILAR SHIRTS WATCHING RACE FROM BLEACHERS. 1950s CASUAL. |
00:22:29 561.9 |
NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR CONVERTIBLES. CARS WITH ROLL
BARS. JOE WEATHERLY. 160 MILE RACE. CURTIS TURNER. FIREBALL ROBERTS |
00:23:53 645.9 |
RACE CAR PULLS INTO THE PIT FOR GAS CU REFUELING CAR
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00:24:13 664.9 |
1956 DAYTONA BEACH NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR
CONVERTIBLES. CUTS TO 1950s SPECTATORS. JOE WEATHERLY. FIREBALL ROBERTS. CURTIS TURNER |
00:24:31 683.9 |
WOMEN COVER THEIR FACES FROM SAND DUST
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00:24:32 684.9 |
TURNER AND ROBERTS IN CLOSE RACE.
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00:24:40 692.9 |
CU MAN WEARING CAPTAIN'S CAP LOOKS AT RACE THROUGH
BINOCULARS |
00:24:42 694.9 |
FINAL LAP OF THE RACE, CURTIS TURNER WINS. FIREBALL
ROBERTS IN SECOND PLACE. HERB TOLLIS IN THIRD PLACE. |
00:25:06 717.9 |
CAR RACING FANS, SPECTATORS IN BLEACHERS
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00:25:11 722.9 |
WINNER CONGRATULATED. TURNER'S TIME AN AVERAGE OF
96.11 MPH |
00:25:18 729.9 |
STOCK CARS AND PEOPLE MOVING ON THE BEACH
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00:25:23 734.9 |
TEEN BOY AND PETE DEPAOLO WALK ON THE BEACH, STOP TO
CHECK OUT EARLY CAR ON THE BEACH. |
00:25:48 760.9 |
SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH
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00:25:49 761.9 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 1956. NASCAR. FORD OLD 999
Keywords: auto race
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